Shloka 41

Adhyaya 84: शिवव्रतकथनम्

Uma–Maheshvara Vrata, Shula-dana, and Month-wise Ekabhakta Vrata

Devanagari script

सम्पूर्णैश् च गृहं वस्त्रैर् आच्छाद्य च समन्ततः देवं घृतादिभिः स्नाप्य महादेवमुमापतिम्

Transliteration

sampūrṇaiś ca gṛhaṃ vastrair ācchādya ca samantataḥ devaṃ ghṛtādibhiḥ snāpya mahādevamumāpatim

Translation

Полностью задрапировав дом со всех сторон тканями, следует омовить Божество — Махадеву, Умапати (Супруга Умы) — топлёным маслом (гхи) и другими освящающими веществами.

Word by Word

• सम्पूर्णैः: completely, fully

• च: and

• गृहम्: the house (worship-space)

• वस्त्रैः: with cloths/garments

• आच्छाद्य: having covered, having draped

• च: and

• समन्ततः: on all sides, entirely around

• देवम्: the Deva, the Lord (Shiva)

• घृतादिभिः: with ghee and the like (ritual bathing substances)

• स्नाप्य: having bathed, after bathing

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (the Supreme Lord)

• उमापतिम्: the Lord of Umā (Shiva as Pati)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)